John Leite, 35, of Bowler Street, is free on $5,000 cash bail while he faces two counts of unarmed robbery, according to court records.

Brian Fraga Herald News Staff Reporter @BfragaHN

FALL RIVER — A Fall River man accused of robbing a bank last December was arraigned Tuesday in Superior Court.

John Leite, 35, of Bowler Street, is free on $5,000 cash bail while he faces two counts of unarmed robbery, according to court records.

Police said Leite, on Dec. 20, 2013, entered the Rockland Trust, 786 Robeson St., and jumped over a counter when a teller told him to approach. A teller warned the suspect, “You’re not going to get much,” but a bank supervisor told the tellers to comply, according to court records.

Police said Leite — wearing sunglasses and covering his face with an item of clothing — stuffed more than $350 cash inside his pants pockets, and then ran from the bank, heading south on Robeson Street.

However, some of the cash that Leite allegedly stole was wrapped in two red dye packs, which exploded in front of a Bigelow Street house, according to court documents.

Leite had red dye all over his hands when Fall River Police Sgt. Kevin Dolan pulled him out of a vehicle. According to court documents, Dolan told Leite: “Looks like you’re caught red-handed.”